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The billionaire CEO of Salesforce.com Marc Benioff is spending $390 million on a three-year-old startup because two of his friends told him to. During the quarterly conference call with Wall Street analysts on Thursday, ...

The White House accused Russia of painting military vehicles to look like ordinary civilian trucks, as Ukraine claimed there was a "direct invasion" by a Russian convoy without its consent. Caitlin Hayden, a spokesperson...

Low valuations, continued strong central-bank support and anticipated solid earnings growth are all likely to catapult Europe from its current "leading from behind" position to a "leading from the front of the global pac...

Banks fear competition for top talent from companies like Google and Facebook that can offer similarly high pay combined with luxurious benefits.

PayPal is launching a new payment system designed to deliver a one-touch payment scheme. Dubbed as PayPal One Touch, the feature offers a convenient payment option using one's mobile device.

Dollar General CEO Rick Dreiling may have shot himself in the foot. Dreiling, in unveiling his $8.95 billion hostile bid for rival Family Dollar on Monday, said he considers the...

Mall snack staple Hot Dog on a Stick has been purchased from bankruptcy by a portfolio company of Los Angeles private equity firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners.

In which Co.Design senior writers Mark Wilson and John Brownlee debate the merits of an Eames-Nike mashup. Shit gets personal. MARK: John. John. John. My colleague. My co-conspirator. My friend. I was planning to publish...

China has recently launched a dragnet to combat drug use, including the arrest of six major movie and TV stars over the past six months, but at least one entertainment-industry insider says the busts are actually about c...

The best-selling author's Washington state compound is an homage to Pop Art, jungle lore and circus imagery.

iMessage is awash with spammers, according to a new Wired report. That may not be true, though. A recent post by AppleInsider dug into the report Wired's article is based on and searched iPhone message forums for user co...

Secret, that anonymous app that’s part therapy, part mean-girls table, has announced three new changes today, and one of them could mean a little less bullying (hooray!). In a blog post, the Secret team said it’s pul...

Resisting pressure to more quickly tighten monetary policy, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet L. Yellen said Friday there was no "simple recipe" for central bank policymakers in deciding when the labor market had improved...

Farming is hip in New England.

Clothing retailer bucking trends.

Shea Belahi worked in information technology until last year, when she escaped her crowded, windowless office to follow her childhood dream of being a farmer. Now she runs a 1-acre farm in Champaign, but her dream has br...

The acquisition spree in Mountain View continues: Google, Inc. (GOOG) has bought out Gecko Design Inc., an industrial design firm that has helped create aesthetically appealing consumer products for several technology co...

"It is like you've been dating a girl for a long time," grins Pavel Andreev, an editor at a state-controlled broadcaster, Rossiya Segodnya, explaining why it has taken so long to press ahead with the Eurasian Union. "You...

"China Mobile is already the world's largest cellular operator, Ethan. Now it's searching for more money and business outside its home turf."

SACRAMENTO -- Legislation to give small franchise owners protections against fast-food giants, convenience store chains and other corporations headed to the governor's desk Thursday after winning a difficult vote in the ...

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Failing that, Rabois says, Ebay and PayPal should definitely split apart.